Intro
Gm,F,Bb,C,
Gm,F
Gm F Bb
I knew he was different in his sexuality
Gm F
I went to his parties as a straight minority
Gm F Bb
It never seemed a threat to my masculinity
Gm F Eb
He only introduced me to a wider reality
Gm F Bb
As the years went by we drifted apart
Gm F
When I heard that he was gone
Dm C Bb
I felt a shadow cross my heart
Gm
But he's nobody's hero
F
Saves a drowning child
Dm Eb
Cures a wasting disease
Gm F
Hero lands the crippled airplane
Dm Eb
Solves great mysteries
Gm F
Hero not the handsome actor
Dm Eb
Who plays a hero's role
Gm F
Hero not the glamour girl
Dm C
Who'd love to sell her soul
Gm F
If anybody's buying
Dm
Nobody's hero
Gm,F,Bb,
Gm,F
Gm F Bb
I didn't know the girl but I knew her family
Gm F
All their lives were shattered in a nightmare of brutality
Gm F Bb
They try to carry on try to bear the agony
Gm F Eb
Try to hold some faith in the goodness of humanity
Gm F Bb
As the years went by we drifted apart
Gm F
When I heard that she was gone
Dm C Bb
I felt a shadow cross my heart
Gm
But she's nobody's hero
F Dm Eb
Is the voice of reason against the howling mob
Gm F
Hero is the pride of purpose
Dm C
In the unrewarding job
Gm F
Hero not the champion player
Dm Eb
Who plays the perfect game
Gm F
Hero not the glamour boy
Dm C
Who loves to sell his name
Gm F
Everybody's buying
Dm
Nobody's hero
Gm,F,Bb,
Gm,F
Gm F Bb
As the years went by we drifted apart
Gm F
When I heard that you were gone
Dm C Bb
I felt a shadow cross my heart
Gm
But he's nobody's hero
F
Saves a drowning child
Dm Eb
Cures a wasting disease
Gm F
Hero lands the crippled airplane
Dm C
Solves great mysteries
Gm F
Hero not the handsome actor
Dm Eb
Who plays a hero's role
Gm F
Hero not the glamour girl
Dm C
Who'd love to sell her soul
Gm F
If anybody's buying
Dm
Nobody's hero
Hero
Gm,F,Bb,
Gm,F